James Weldon Johnson Video
scrittore e poeta statunitense
- Stati Uniti d'America
- scrittore, poeta, romanziere, autore di canzoni, compositore, diplomatico, avvocato, politico, giurista
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2024-05-09
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James Weldon Johnson Weldon McAllister Clay
'God's Trombone' animated version of "The Creation" (with additional ending) - JA Williams, Producer/Director Raking Leaves Productions (http•••) Michael McAllister - Adam Imani Gist-Cook - Eve Song "Rendezvous with Rama, by Stellardrone (http•••) Song "You Are" by, Pat Metheny (http•••) The Creation(poem), by James Weldon Johnson And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and said: I'm lonely— I'll make me a world. And far as the eye of God could see Darkness covered everything, Blacker than a hundred midnights Down in a cypress swamp. Then God smiled, And the light broke, And the darkness rolled up on one side, And the light stood shining on the other, And God said: That's good! Then God reached out and took the light in his hands, And God rolled the light around in his hands Until he made the sun; And he set that sun a-blazing in the heavens. And the light that was left from making the sun God gathered it up in a shining ball And flung it against the darkness, Spangling the night with the moon and stars. Then down between The darkness and the light He hurled the world; And God said: That's good! Then God himself stepped down— And the sun was on his right hand, And the moon was on his left; The stars were clustered about his head, And the earth was under his feet. And God walked, and where he trod His footsteps hollowed the valleys out And bulged the mountains up. Then he stopped and looked and saw That the earth was hot and barren. So God stepped over to the edge of the world And he spat out the seven seas— He batted his eyes, and the lightnings flashed— He clapped his hands, and the thunders rolled— And the waters above the earth came down, The cooling waters came down. Then the green grass sprouted, And the little red flowers blossomed, The pine tree pointed his finger to the sky, And the oak spread out his arms, The lakes cuddled down in the hollows of the ground, And the rivers ran down to the sea; And God smiled again, And the rainbow appeared, And curled itself around his shoulder. Then God raised his arm and he waved his hand Over the sea and over the land, And he said: Bring forth! Bring forth! And quicker than God could drop his hand, Fishes and fowls And beasts and birds Swam the rivers and the seas, Roamed the forests and the woods, And split the air with their wings. And God said: That's good! Then God walked around, And God looked around On all that he had made. He looked at his sun, And he looked at his moon, And he looked at his little stars; He looked on his world With all its living things, And God said: I'm lonely still. Then God sat down— On the side of a hill where he could think; By a deep, wide river he sat down; With his head in his hands, God thought and thought, Till he thought: I'll make me a man! Up from the bed of the river God scooped the clay; And by the bank of the river He kneeled him down; And there the great God Almighty Who lit the sun and fixed it in the sky, Who flung the stars to the most far corner of the night, Who rounded the earth in the middle of his hand; This great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till he shaped it in is his own image; Then into it he blew the breath of life, And man became a living soul. Amen. Amen.
Pigott James Weldon Johnson Weldon Fryer Horne Burns Rowland Fleming Clayton Rhoden McDonald
Jasmine Pigott's arrangement of the Black national anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing, for tuba-euphonium ensemble. This piece was composed by J. Rosamond Johnson and the original lyrics are by James Weldon Johnson. Performed by: Euph 1: Jermaine Fryer, Ben Horne, Demondrae Thurman Euph 2: Malachi Elmore-Davis, David Lomotey Remus Webb, Tim Wilson Euph 3: Kiara Benjamin, Navilla Burns, Derrick Ekekwe, Malik Rowland Euph 4: Stephanie Adams, Jonathan Fleming, Jasmine Pigott Tuba 1: Velvet Brown, Clayton Maddox, Errol Rhoden Tuba 2: Chanell Crichlow, Bernard Flythe, Noah McDonald Tuba 3: Kameron Agee, Jocelyn Smallwood, Andre Thacker, Tobi Williams, Tuba 4: Quentell Gipson, Bernie Williams
The 105 Voices of History National HBCU Concert Choir & Leadership Presents a Virtual Performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" arranged by Roland M. Carter. Written by James Weldon Johnson and Music by Rosamond Johnson. / 105 Voices of History is the Nation's first and ONLY National choir for Historically Black Colleges & Universities. Subscribe Today! Youtube.com/105VoicesofHistoryTV / Follow 105 Voices of History on Social Media: Like us on Facebook: (http•••) Follow on Instagram: (http•••) Follow on Twitter: (http•••) "A National Platform to Create a National Voice as One." #WeAre105 #105VoicesofHistory #HBCUConcertChoir
Burleigh Kamel James Weldon Johnson Weldon 1866 1871 1938 1949 2017
Tenor Omary Bowey sings Harry T. Burleigh's art song "Her Eyes Twin Pools," accompanied by Kamel Boutros. Burleigh set the James Weldon Johnson +••.••(...)) poem as the text for the piece. Bowey and Boutros performed as a part of the Harry T. Burleigh Society tribute to Burleigh's Annual Service of Negro Spirituals on Friday, March 31, 2017 at St. George's Church in New York City. The Harry T. Burleigh Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that advances Burleigh Studies through scholarship and performance. African American baritone and composer H. T. Burleigh +••.••(...)) is the leader of arranging and publishing the solo concert spiritual, a radical art song genre of the Western tradition that draws from the experiences of enslaved Africans in the United States to express Christian declamation and a command for freedom. The Society collects and supports scholarship about Burleigh and the concert spiritual, and promotes performances of Burleigh’s compositions. Grounded in African American history and culture and committed to social justice, the Society fosters interrelationships between scholars, artists, and institutions through enabling the accessibility, audibility and legibility of Burleigh’s work. (http•••)
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